"Our Alma Mater" is the alma mater of

The College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William I ...

.The College of William & Mary alma mater lyrics
Retrieved on January 25, 2009. It was written by

James Southall Wilson James Southall Wilson (1880–1963) was an author, University of Virginia professor, and founder of the ''Virginia Quarterly Review''. He organized the 1931 Southern Writers Conference. His wife, Julia Tyler, was the granddaughter of President ...

, a William & Mary alumnus from the class of 1904. Usually, only the first and fourth verses are sung. The song is set to the tune of

Annie Lisle "Annie Lisle" is an 1857 ballad by Boston, Massachusetts songwriter H. S. Thompson, first published by Moulton & Clark of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and later by Oliver Ditson & Co. It is about the death of a young maiden, by what some have s ...

, which is used in the alma mater songs of many other colleges, most notably

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Notes

* The line "Bless the College of our boyhood" in the Alma Mater was changed to "Bless the College of our fathers" in the 1928–1929 student handbook. Additionally, there were discussions and contests to change the Alma Mater in 1941 and circa 1959.

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College of William & Mary choirVirtual Alma Mater by W&M Choir and choral students and alumni
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